# Proverbs 6

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

## Text

[1] My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor,
if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger, [2] if you have been trapped by the words of your lips,
ensnared by the words of your mouth, [3] then do this, my son, to free yourself,
for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands:
Go, humble yourself,
and press your plea with your neighbor. [4] Allow no sleep to your eyes
or slumber to your eyelids. [5] Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
like a bird from the snare of the fowler. [6] Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker;
observe its ways and become wise. [7] Without a commander,
without an overseer or ruler, [8] it prepares its provisions in summer;
it gathers its food at harvest. [9] How long will you lie there, O slacker?
When will you get up from your sleep? [10] A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest, [11] and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
and need like a bandit. [12] A worthless person, a wicked man,
walks with a perverse mouth, [13] winking his eyes, speaking with his feet,
and pointing with his fingers. [14] With deceit in his heart he devises evil;
he continually sows discord. [15] Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly;
in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery. [16] There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: [17] haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, [18] a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil, [19] a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers. [20] My son, keep your father’s commandment,
and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. [21] Bind them always upon your heart;
tie them around your neck. [22] When you walk, they will guide you;
when you lie down, they will watch over you;
when you awake, they will speak to you. [23] For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light,
and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life, [24] to keep you from the evil woman,
from the smooth tongue of the adulteress. [25] Do not lust in your heart for her beauty
or let her captivate you with her eyes. [26] For the levy of the prostitute is poverty,
and the adulteress preys upon your very life. [27] Can a man embrace fire
and his clothes not be burned? [28] Can a man walk on hot coals
without scorching his feet? [29] So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife;
no one who touches her will go unpunished. [30] Men do not despise the thief
if he steals to satisfy his hunger. [31] Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold;
he must give up all the wealth of his house. [32] He who commits adultery lacks judgment;
whoever does so destroys himself. [33] Wounds and dishonor will befall him,
and his reproach will never be wiped away. [34] For jealousy enrages a husband,
and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance. [35] He will not be appeased by any ransom,
or persuaded by lavish gifts.

## Each verse

- Proverbs 6:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/1
- Proverbs 6:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/2
- Proverbs 6:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/3
- Proverbs 6:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/4
- Proverbs 6:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/5
- Proverbs 6:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/6
- Proverbs 6:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/7
- Proverbs 6:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/8
- Proverbs 6:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/9
- Proverbs 6:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/10
- Proverbs 6:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/11
- Proverbs 6:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/12
- Proverbs 6:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/13
- Proverbs 6:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/14
- Proverbs 6:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/15
- Proverbs 6:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/16
- Proverbs 6:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/17
- Proverbs 6:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/18
- Proverbs 6:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/19
- Proverbs 6:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/20
- Proverbs 6:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/21
- Proverbs 6:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/22
- Proverbs 6:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/23
- Proverbs 6:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/24
- Proverbs 6:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/25
- Proverbs 6:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/26
- Proverbs 6:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/27
- Proverbs 6:28 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/28
- Proverbs 6:29 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/29
- Proverbs 6:30 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/30
- Proverbs 6:31 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/31
- Proverbs 6:32 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/32
- Proverbs 6:33 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/33
- Proverbs 6:34 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/34
- Proverbs 6:35 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/6/35